Abstract

This Resource Letter guides the reader, whom we assume to be interested in the teaching and learning of astronomy, to the literature on astronomy education research. Journal articles and books are cited for the following topics: astronomy teaching resources; student understanding of astronomy topics, such as the nature of science in the context of astronomy, diurnal motion, seasons, lunar phases, Earth’s shape and gravity, the solar system, stars, galaxies, cosmology, and astrobiology; and the effectiveness of instructional interventions.

The authors thank members and affiliates of the Conceptual Astronomy and Physics Education Research (CAPER) Team at the University of Arizona for their continued encouragement in and contributions to this project. We gratefully acknowledge the ongoing support of the University of Arizona, the National Science Foundation, and NASA. Finally, we very much appreciate the helpful comments by the reviewers of this Resource Letter: Jeff Adams, Harry Shipman, and Sidney Wolff.